Belt buckle



ocr. 21, 1930 l. S. BERGER BELT BUCKLE Filed sept. 25, 1929 ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 21, 1930 UNITED STATES -PAT ENT. OFI-falce ISIDORE s. BERGER, F NEW YORK, N. Y., AssIGNoR Toso'LoMoNrBEnGER, oF;N EW

YORK, N.,Y. v -v kj BELT BUCKLE Application led September 2,5, 1929. SerialNo.394,511,116.

This invention relates to buckles as used on belts such as are employed to support mens lower garments by being tautly drawn around the waist.

Commonly such belts are passed through loops attached to the waistband 0'1": the garment in order to 'uphold them properly, but it is a matter of common. knowledge that such loops are usually remote from the iiaps at the front, thus allowing the band to sag at a point where it isobjectiona'bly conspicuous.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to combine with the buckle unitary means adapted for engagement withthe button hole and/or button at the top of the flies or separable front portion of the garmenty whereby the same may be eii'ectively suspended, the buckle being non-slidable after being adjusted on the belt.

A further feature is in the provision of means within the buckle to receive the button commonly employed in securing the flies, so that no protuberant or unsightly appearance is produced, but rather a smooth and uniform i condition of the belt.

Another purpose is to produce a buckle formed with an integral suspending hooklike element and recess in which the button "y is received, the arrangement being such that the additional cost ofA manufacture is negligible.

These advantageous objects are accomplished by the simple and novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure and in which :f- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a conventional belt illustrating its application as used with a buckle made in accordance with the invention. y i

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the buckle looking from its rear side.

, applied to a beltused as a support for a garment having button and button-hole fas- Y also a loopl17 fixed on, the belt.

Figure 3 is a rear plan'view of the buckle Figure 5 is a vlongitudinaly sectional View 'taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Figure Glis an upper edge view partially in Vsection,showing the device as attachedto a Vgarment band by a button, the buttonhole being omitted.

l In Fig. l is shown a pair of trousers 10,hav- "l `ing an overlapping .fly Yflap ,11 at 'the'iiront capable ofiopeninlg downwardly rfromthe waist band endslQ-LZ in which the skirt portion of a shirt 13 is tucked.

` A series ofloops 14 are secured to the waist I band at spaced intervals., through ,which yis passedabelt llhaving a. loop 16 at oneend anda pointedportion atthe otherend'to facilitate enteringthe trousers loops 14:` and The bight ofthe belt loop-16 is engaged with abar 18 Vforming part of a ring-like `lever19 lhaving pintles 20, thelever having a rightfangled serrated bar portion' 21'fadapted to bitingly clampa belt passed though the buckle structure whereby itis jointlyhel'din adlUSed position. Y Y l @The buckle is CmPIKSedof a `front l slide plia'te22 `which may beslightIy convex on p 'its outer surface and ornamentedinjany preferred manner,- f

" Thev longitudinal side edges of' the yplate 22 are bentr inwardly atrightangles to a ldistance vslightly more than the thickness of thebeltfthese side elements 23-24, respectively, being urtherbentvr towards each other constituting back plates 25-26- These rear plate elements are of substantially equal width at Athe one end of the-y buckle and are curled to present bearings .2526or the pintles 21 to freely swing therein.

The upper back plate 25 is reduced in width at its frontportion27 while the lower' back plate 26 is increased in width, as at 28,

Coincidently the corresponding button l5 will enter under the prong 29 and a shorter, straight prong 30 at the outer front edge of the plate Q8, the button securing means l5 becoming disposed in a recess 3l between the prongs 29-30- From the foregoing it will be seen that although the prong 29 is adequate to sustain the garment in proper relation to the belt,

the button and its fastening means may be relied upon to supplement the supporting effect of the prong.

Furthermore, as shown in Fig. 6 the button 15 alone may be entered into the recess l 3l and perform the same function, the button in this case being applied to the llap 12 direct and no buttonhole made. Y

It is further to be noted that the prong elements may be applied to other types of buckles than that shown and described with equal effect, and further, the supporting elements are completely concealed at all times.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a simple device for this purpose has been disclosed in the preferred form of its embodiment, but it is not desired to restrict the details to the exact construction shown, it being obvious that changes, not involving the exercise of invention, may be made Without conflicting with the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to secure by Letters Patent, is

A waist belt buckle having back and front plate members, said back plate being composed of two spaced portions relatively upper and lower, the lower portion having an edge extending upwardly and recessed to receive a button therein, said edge being shaped to constitute a prong adapted to enter an opening in the object encircled by the belt, and its upper portion being recessed to provide clearance for the prong.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature.

ISIDORE S. BERGER. 

